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TIL in 2005 cannabis was found to convert cancerous cells in the lungs to a pre cancer state.

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XEAvD TIL there's a guest house in Belfast that serves the same 9-course dinner that was offered to first-class passengers of the Titanic
7gg7 TIL Samsung’s chairman went on a three day rant to his hundreds of executives in a German hotel conference room. Samsung took his speech, turned it into a book about management and used it as its guiding principles from there on in.
VB1Zm TIL while most people only know of Solid, Liquid and Gas there are around 2 dozen other states of matter, including Plasma, Time Crystals, Degenerate Matter, Superfluids, Supersolids, and the Rydberg Polaron - a state where atoms exist within other atoms.
yQnOV TIL that the island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George the 6th during WW2 for the people of Malta displaying heroism and devotion during a siege on the island by the Axis powers. The medal to this day is incorporated in Malta's national flag.
dnpB TIL That spanking children makes them more defiant and more likely to develop mental issues later in life. The study in question involved 160,000 children over 50 years